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EU Observer (8 March 2026)

Andrew RETTMAN

The EU has continued its military build-up in the Eastern Mediterranean after Iran threatened to strike any European nations seen helping the US-Israeli attack.

Germany said on Sunday (8 March) it was sending a frigate to join French, Dutch, Greek, Italian, and Spanish warships already in or en route to the area, as well as Italian, Greek, and British warplanes and air-defence systems being sent there.

French president Emmanuel Macron and Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will also travel to Cyprus(*) on Monday to coordinate defence operations and regional repatriation efforts.

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(*) AVİM uses "Cyprus" as a geographic name. AVİM considers the expression "Republic of Cyprus" to mean the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus.